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Seminars 2007-2008 Academic Year
Use the selection list below to find more information about our seminar programs.
This page shows the UMass Cancer Biology and Cancer Center seminars database for the
full academic year 2007-2008.
For a listing of upcoming seminars and past speakers, please select an
appropriate link in the select list below.
For the complete UMass Medical School Seminar list, see
the Institution wide list.
Please bookmark this page and check back frequently, especially
just before the events you wish to attend, as schedules often shift.
Monthly Navigation Aides
August 2007 |
Tuesday, August 21,
2007
"What does control of ribosomal biogenesis and the circadian clock have in common with cell cycle regulation?"
Michele Pagano, M.D.
May Ellen and Gerald Jay Ritter, Professor of Oncology
NYU Medical Center |
Wednesday, August 22,
2007
"Mapping Rb Tumor Suppressor Networks In Vivo"
Lili Yamasaki, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
New York University, NYU Cancer Institute |
September 2007 |
Tuesday, September 4,
2007
"Insights into the Editorial Process at Molecular Cell"
Feng Chen, PhD
Acting Editor, Molecular Cell |
Tuesday, September 11,
2007
"Stem cells and cancer in the breast"
Kornelia Polyak, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Dept of Medical Oncology
Dana-Faber Cancer Institute |
Tuesday, September 18,
2007
"The Role of Nuclear Tomography in Pre-Clinical Molecular Imaging"
Jack Hoppin, PhD and Raffi Kayayan, PhD
Vice President, Imaging Systems Bioscan Inc. and
Director Pre-Clincal Sales & Marketing, Philips Medical Systems |
Tuesday, September 25,
2007
"Cellular Origins of Leukemia Stem Cells"
Scott Armstrong, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Children's Hospital Boston/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
October 2007 |
Tuesday, October 2,
2007
"Targeting transcriptional repression in B-cell lymphomas"
Ari Melnick, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine/Oncology,
Albert Einstein College of Medicine |
Tuesday, October 16,
2007
"Checkpoints in Myc-Mediated Lymphomagenesis"
John L. Cleveland, Ph.D.
Chairman and Professor,
Department of Cancer Biology, Scripps Research Institute- Florida |
Tuesday, October 23,
2007
"Prostate Carcinogenesis: Investigating the 'How' and the 'Why'"
Angelo M. De Marzo, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology,
Oncology and Urology,
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
Wednesday, October 31,
2007
"Novel Approaches to Bone Metastatic Disease"
A. Oliver Sartor, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School and
Director of Clinical Trials-GU with Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
November 2007 |
Tuesday, November 6,
2007
"DNA Damage Responses: Molecular Mechanisms and Implications for Human Disease"
Michael B. Kastan, M.D., Ph.D.
Cancer Center Director
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |
Tuesday, November 13,
2007
"Cell death and cell division: overlapping pathways in normal development and cancer"
Rachel Altura, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Bio Med Pediatrics
The Warren Albert Medical School at Brown University |
December 2007 |
Tuesday, December 11,
2007
"Androgen Regulation Gene Expression in Prostate Cancer Cells"
Donald Tindall, Ph.D.
Professor, Director and Vice Chair of Urologic Research
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Departments of Urology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology |
Tuesday, December 18,
2007
"Signature-based Approaches to Cancer Discovery"
Kimberly Stegmaier, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pediatric Oncology
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute |
January 2008 |
Tuesday, January 15,
2008
"Dissecting Oncogene-Directed Regulatory Pathways through Genome-Wide RNA Interference Screens"
Michael Green, MD, PhD
Professor and Director, Program in Gene Function and Expression
University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Tuesday, January 22,
2008
"Quality of Cancer Care on Clinical Trials "
Brian Denton, Oncology
Pfizer Global Pharmaceuticals |
February 2008 |
Tuesday, February 12,
2008
"Membrane organization in tissue morphogenesis and tumorigenesis"
Andrea McClatchey
Associate Professor, Dept. of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School and MGH Cancer Center |
Tuesday, February 26,
2008
"Homeostatic regulation of p53 signaling by an oncogenic phosphatase"
Lawrence Donehower, PhD
Professor, Dept of Molecular Virology and Microbiology
Baylor College of Medicine |
March 2008 |
Tuesday, March 4,
2008
"Transcription regulatory networks: studying differential gene expression at a systems level"
Marian Walhout, PhD
Associate Professor,
Program in Gene Function and Expression
The University of Massachusetts Medical School |
Tuesday, March 11,
2008
"PAKs in Cancer Cells"
Rakesh Kumar, Ph.D.
Professor and Deputy Chairman,
Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Oncology
University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
April 2008 |
Tuesday, April 1,
2008
"Crafting an outstanding NIH grant application"
Martin Padarathsingh, Ph.D.
SRA/SRO,
Former NIH Pathology B/TPM Study Section |
Wednesday, April 9,
2008
"“Quinazoline-Induced Anoikis: Mechanistic Significance, Pharmacological Exploitation and Therapeutic Implications in Prostate Cancer”
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Natasha Kyprianou, Ph.D.
University of Kentucky |
Tuesday, April 15,
2008
"Colon Cancer Stem Cells"
Jan Paul Medema, Ph.D.
Professor in Experimental Oncology and Radiobiology,
Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam |
Tuesday, April 29,
2008
"JNKing with new rules"
Ze'ev Ronai, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Cancer Center
Professor and Director, Signal Transduction Program
Burnham Institute for Medical Research |
May 2008 |
Wednesday, May 14,
2008
"Cholangiocarcinoma: In search of a Precursor"
Dhanpat Jain, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pathology and Medicine, Department of Pathology
Yale University School of Medicine
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Tuesday, May 20,
2008
"The PI 3-K and Akt Pathway in Cancer Cell Signaling"
Alex Toker, PhD
Associate Professor of Pathology,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and
Harvard Medical School |
June 2008 |
Tuesday, June 3,
2008
"Modeling and Mining Cancer Genomes"
Ron DePinho, MD
American Cancer Society Research Professor,
Professor of Medicine and Genetics,
Director, Center for Applied Cancer Science
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School |
Tuesday, June 24,
2008
"Adult pancreatic progenitor cells as 'cells of origin' of pancreatic cancer"
Catherine Carriere, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Dartmouth Medical School |
July 2008 |
Wednesday, July 9,
2008
"Characterization of prostate inflammation in a mouse model"
Dr. Timothy Ratliff, Ph.D.
Director, Purdue Center |
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